Amidst the Shadows: A Glance at the Inner Court Secretariat of the Song Period (掩映之間: 宋代尚書内省管窺)

Amidst the Shadows: A Glance at the Inner Court Secretariat of the Song Period (掩映之間: 宋代尚書内省管窺)

Xiaonan Deng - Professor of History at Peking University; Chairperson of Chinese Society for the Song Studies

Friday, February 21, 2014 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Room 202, Henry R. Luce Hall See map
34 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
**Please note this talk will be in Chinese**
 
在討論宋代政令的形成及運行流程時,研究者通常會追蹤章奏等文書從呈遞到頒出的進程。近年來,學界已經有了不少深入的相關研究成果。而我們經常感到,在這一過程中,仍然有些場景時隱時現,有些環節秘而不顯。本文試圖觀察處於整個文書運行過程“高端”——皇帝所在之“禁中”——的文書處理環節,關注處於這一關鍵位置上卻隱而不彰的機構:尚書內省,討論該機構及宮官們在政務文書運行中的作用.
 
The women of the Inner Court Secretariat did not play a policy-making role comparable to that of the well-known officials of the Song dynasty, but they did draft documents on the emperor’s behalf.  In many instances, these women, and not the emperor, retained control of the imperial seal.  Although they did not leave the inner palace, some women gained a thorough understanding of Song governance.  Documentation about these women is scarce, but Deng will discuss the greater role women seem to play during the Southern Song than during the Northern Song.
 
Light lunch will be provided
 
Please RSVP to eastasian.studies@yale.edu by 2/20/14
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